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by Bernard Shaw

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  1. 1The Infidel Half Century
  2. 2The Advent of the Neo-Darwinians
  3. 3Political Inadequacy of the Human Animal
  4. 4Cowardice of the Irreligious
  5. 5Is There Any Hope in Education?
  6. 6Homeopathic Education
  7. 7The Diabolical Efficiency of Technical Education
  8. 8Flimsiness of Civilization
  9. 9Creative Evolution
  10. 10Voluntary Longevity
  11. 11The Early Evolutionists
  12. 12The Advent of the Neo-Lamarckians
  13. 13How Acquirements Are Inherited
  14. 14The Miracle of Condensed Recapitulation
  15. 15Heredity an Old Story
  16. 16Discovery Anticipated by Divination
  17. 17Corrected Dates for the Discovery of Evolution
  18. 18Defying the Lightning: A Frustrated Experiment
  19. 19In Quest of the First Cause
  20. 20Paley’s Watch
  21. 21The Irresistible Cry of Order, Order!
  22. 22The Moment and the Man
  23. 23The Brink of the Bottomless Pit
  24. 24Why Darwin Converted the Crowd
  25. 25How We Rushed Down a Steep Place
  26. 26Darwinism Not Finally Refutable
  27. 27Three Blind Mice
  28. 28The Greatest of These Is Self-Control
  29. 29A Sample of Lamarcko-Shavian Invective
  30. 30The Humanitarians and the Problem of Evil
  31. 31How One Touch of Darwin Makes the Whole World Kin
  32. 32Why Darwin Pleased the Socialists
  33. 33Darwin and Karl Marx
  34. 34Why Darwin Pleased the Profiteers Also
  35. 35The Poetry and Purity of Materialism
  36. 36The Viceroys of the King of Kings
  37. 37Political Opportunism in Excelsis
  38. 38The Betrayal of Western Civilization
  39. 39Circumstantial Selection in Finance
  40. 40The Homeopathic Reaction Against Darwinism
  41. 41Religion and Romance
  42. 42The Danger of Reaction
  43. 43A Touchstone for Dogma
  44. 44What to Do With the Legends
  45. 45A Lesson From Science to the Churches
  46. 46The Religious Art of the Twentieth Century
  47. 47The Artist-Prophets
  48. 48Evolution in the Theatre
  49. 49My Own Part in the Matter
  50. 50Part I — In the Beginning
  51. 51Act II
  52. 52Part II — The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas
  53. 53Part III — The Thing Happens
  54. 54Part IV — Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman
  55. 55Act II
  56. 56Act III
  57. 57Part V — As Far as Thought Can Reach

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